Jake Paltrow
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Jake Paltrow | |
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| Born | Jacob Danner Paltrow September 26, 1975 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Crossroads School (in Santa Monica, California) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Bruce Paltrow Blythe Danner |
| Relatives | Gwyneth Paltrow (sister) Harry Danner (uncle) Katherine Moennig (maternal cousin) Gabrielle Giffords (second cousin) |
Jacob Danner Paltrow (born September 26, 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.
Personal life
Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California, to film director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. Their ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Belarusian-Jewish, English (with some via Barbados), and Pennsylvania Dutch (German). He had a Bar Mitzvah when he turned 13.[1][2] He and his sister are second cousins of former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Paltrow met photographer and artist Taryn Simon in 1999 and married in 2010; they have two children together.[3]
Career
Paltrow's most prominent job was directing some NYPD Blue episodes, such as: Andy Appleseed (2003), Brothers Under Arms (2000) and Big Bang Theory (1999), following in his father's footsteps as a television director.
In 2006, he made his debut as a film director with the movie The Good Night, which featured his sister Gwyneth. The movie was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Paltrow has produced short films about actors for the New York Times. In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced the dystopian sci-fi Western Young Ones.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2007 | The Good Night | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2010 | Greenberg | No | No | No | appeared as Johno |
| 2014 | Young Ones | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | De Palma | Yes | No | No | Documentary
Co-directed with Noah Baumbach |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2004 | NYPD Blue | Yes | No | Ten episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Yes | No | Two episodes |
References
- ^ Ileane Rudolph (November 11, 2004). "Blythe Danner Gets Huffy". TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Gwyneth Paltrow, Movies, Stardom and Judaism - Old Stories". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Taryn's World". W magazine. November 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
External links
- Jake Paltrow at IMDb
| International | |
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| National | |
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- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male screenwriters
- American people of Barbadian descent
- American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- American people of English descent
- American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- American television directors
- Crossroads School alumni
- Film directors from Los Angeles
- Living people
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Male actors of German descent
- Screenwriters from California
- Writers from Los Angeles